The additional 90 minutes per day will benefit students by providing the opportunity to:
- Spend more time on core academic subjects including math, science, social studies.
- Work on literacy skills and provide reading intervention for struggling students.
- Broaden enrichment opportunities including physical education, art, music, library time.
- Give students an adequate mid-day lunch and recess period so that they can recharge.
- Provide students with individualized interventions to help improve skills in math, science and core subjects as well as behavioral interventions and supplemental work for gifted students.
- Provide teachers with 60 minutes each day with preparation time, including one day of collaboration
Sample Schedule of Schools Who Have Approved Extending Their School Day
Disney II Elementary
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School already had a longer day, which they used to add time to both language arts (30 minutes) and math instruction (10 minutes)
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School will add an average of 25 minutes each day to special classes (ie. gym, art, music)
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Additional 25-30 minutes will be added to core instruction (literacy for primary grades; science for intermediate grades)
Mays Elementary
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School is going to the additional time for core instruction: 60 minutes for math and 30 minutes for science/social studies
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School already provides daily recess and has a robust schedule of special classes
STEM Elementary
- 15 additional minutes for current events/global issue review
- 20 additional minutes for special issues, including STEM program
- 20 additional minutes for literacy
- 20 additional minutes for math
- 15 additional minutes for enrichment
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